New York Mets vs San Francisco Giants
May 8, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 8, 1977 at Candlestick Park. The San Francisco Giants defeated the New York Mets and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Mets 2, San Francisco Giants 4

New York Mets ab   r   h rbi
Randle 3b 4 0 1 0
Stearns c 4 0 0 0
Milner lf 4 1 2 0
Kingman rf 4 0 1 1
Kranepool 1b 3 1 1 0
  Torre ph 1 0 0 0
Phillips ss 3 0 0 0
  Vail ph 1 0 0 0
Mazzilli cf 3 0 1 1
Millan 2b 4 0 1 0
Espinosa p 2 0 0 0
  Myrick p 0 0 0 0
  Boisclair ph 1 0 0 0
  Apodaca p 0 0 0 0
  Grote ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 7 2
San Francisco Giants ab   r   h rbi
Whitfield rf 4 0 2 1
Thomas 2b 5 0 2 0
Evans lf,1b 2 0 1 0
Madlock 3b 1 1 0 0
McCovey 1b 4 1 3 1
  Herndon pr,cf 0 0 0 0
Thomasson cf,lf 4 1 2 0
Foli ss 4 0 0 0
Hill c 4 1 2 1
Barr p 2 0 0 0
  Lavelle p 0 0 0 0
  Moffitt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 12 3
New York 010 000 001270
San Francisco 010 200 10x4123
  New York Mets IP H R ER BB SO
Espinosa  L (2-2) 4.1 9 3 2 3 1
  Myrick   2.2 2 1 1 1 4
  Apodaca   1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
12
4
3
5
6
  San Francisco Giants IP H R ER BB SO
Barr  W (5-2) 8.0 7 2 2 0 4
  Lavelle   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Moffitt  SV (2) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
1
5

  E–Thomas (3), Thomasson (5), Foli (4).  DP–New York 2.  PB–Stearns (1).  2B–New York Mazzilli (5,off Barr), San Francisco McCovey (5,off Espinosa); Whitfield (5,off Espinosa).  3B–New York Milner (1,off Barr), San Francisco Whitfield (1,off Espinosa).  SH–Barr 2 (4,off Espinosa,off Apodaca).  HBP–Madlock (3,by Espinosa).  IBB–Madlock (2,by Espinosa).  CS–Randle (2,2nd base by Barr/Hill); Evans (2,2nd base by Espinosa/Stearns); Thomas (1,2nd base by Myrick/Stearns).  SB–Madlock (5,2nd base off Myrick/Stearns).  HBP–Espinosa (1,Madlock).  IBB–Espinosa (4,Madlock).  U-HP–Frank Pulli, 1B–Dutch Rennert, 2B–John Kibler, 3B–Nick Colosi.  T–2:14.
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